I’ve been thinking a lot about the business side of writing lately; of course, like any devoted ex-Liberal Arts major, I can’t but think any business of art a crude and unfortunate evil that causes my first-year poetry students–with the utmost of solemnity–to define Great Literature as *ahem* “whatever makes the most money.” Of course, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘watership down’
Pitches, man, Pitches
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, cultural theory, literature, little big, pride and prejudice, publishing, the magic ring, ulysses, watership down, writing on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Watership Down
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2666, anansi boys, animal farm, books, children's literature, fairy tales, g. k. chesterton, gender issues, myth, political theory, pride and prejudice and zombies, richard adams, roberto bolano, the private life of the rabbit, watership down on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finishing a truly great book causes such a contradiction in feeling that I don’t believe there’s anything else quite like it. Sad that it’s over, and happy it’s complete, and filled with the calm of any genuinely mind-bending experience but in a really fidgety way like you just need to talk to everyone about it [...]
